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Re: Feminization of plurals?

From:Christophe Grandsire-Koevoets <tsela.cg@...>
Date:Wednesday, February 11, 2009, 10:15
2009/2/11 Steven A. Williams <ignisglaciesque@...>

> German, for one. 'Die' is both the feminine singular, and the plural > definite article. > > 'Das Buch' (the book NEUTER) > 'Die Bücher' (the books) > > 'Der Baum' (the tree MASCULINE) > 'Die Bäume' (the trees) > > 'Die Katz' (the cat FEMININE) > 'Die Katzen' (the cats) > > Now, the plural had differentiated gender back in the old days, but the > plural articles collapsed into a form identical to the feminine singular at > some point. > >
There's also the pronoun "sie", meaning "she" or "they" (Dutch has the same: "zij" means both "she" or "they"). -- Christophe Grandsire-Koevoets. http://christophoronomicon.blogspot.com/ http://www.christophoronomicon.nl/

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